The Air Quality Communicators Home Page

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The Air Quality Communicators Home Page
Kerry Shearer Sr. Communications Marketing
Specialist Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
Management District
Jamie Arno Communications Marketing
Specialist Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
Management District
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Background on AirShare

• Funded with U.S. EPA OTAQ grant
• Additional funding from U.S. EPA AirNow program
• Project managed by Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD
• Vendor partners
• JHME Advertising/Design/Public Relations
• Sonoma Technology Inc. (STI)

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Background on AirShare
Purpose to link the nations air quality
communicators in a way that provides

• The support you need from experienced colleagues
  who can help you through communications
  challenges, solve problems, and share solutions.
• Instant access to great outreach items and
  projects so no one has to recreate the wheel,
  thereby increasing efficiency and
  cost-effectiveness.
• Increase your knowledge about air quality issues
  and best practices, improving your value to your
  agency.

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Background on AirShare

• Instant access to great public outreach projects
• Home page display of your agencys air quality
  forecast
• Additional forecasts and real-time,
  whos-having-an-episode data from AirNow
• The latest news releases from air agencies around
  the nation
• A forum to exchange questions, answers and ideas
  with colleagues
• A way to quickly locate your colleages at other
  air agencies
• A calendar displaying national events
• A page of useful links to the kind of resources
  communicators use

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Benefits to using AirShare

• Helps you quickly research outreach challenges
  and solutions
• Provides the inspiration for development of
  effective communications projects in your own
  area
• Helps you become a better-informed communicator,
  increasing your expertise and value to your
  employer
• Potentially improves the quality of air quality
  communications programs nationwide by providing
  you with access to the best approaches in public
  outreach

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The Air Quality Communicators Home Page
Live Demonstration!
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Live AirShare demonstration
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